UCLA joins Southern California Marine Institute to revitalize marine research in Los Angeles

UCLA has entered a collaboration with the Southern California Marine Institute that will streamline marine research operations and expand research opportunities for UCLA students and faculty.

Amgen Foundation gives UCLA a $1-million grant for undergraduate science research

The four-year grant will continue the Amgen Scholars Program at UCLA, which provides hands-on laboratory experience to undergraduates.

Facebook study finds race trumped by ethnic, social, geographic origins in forging friendships

Race may not be as important as previously thought in determining who buddies up with whom, suggests a new UCLA-Harvard University study of American college students on the social networking site Facebook.

Spacecraft will enable scientists to study the environment around the moon and Earth

Two spacecraft are now beginning to study the moon’s environment as part of NASA’s ARTEMIS mission, whose principal investigator is Vassilis Angelopoulos, a UCLA professor of Earth and space sciences.

Opening of the Terasaki Life Sciences Building highlights innovations at UCLA

The new Terasaki Life Sciences Building, which opened last fall, is a new symbol of the dramatic changes transforming UCLA’s Division of Life Sciences.

College alumnus wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Richard Heck, who earned both his B.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry from UCLA, has won the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry, making him the sixth UCLA graduate to become a Nobel Laureate.

Universal magnetic fields discovered in deep space

Scientists from UCLA and Cal Tech have discovered evidence of “universal ubiquitous magnetic fields” that have permeated deep space between galaxies since the time of the Big Bang.

Making sense of our inner worlds

Shelley Taylor, winner of the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, is a founder of three fields in psychology that explore the issues that profoundly affect mental and physical health.

Researchers develop magnetic molecular machines to deliver drugs to unhealthy cells

A team led by chemist Jeffrey Zink and scientists from UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute, partnered with Korea’s Yonsei University have developed an innovative method that enables nanomachines to release drugs inside living cancer cells when activated remotely.

Scientists at UCLA find cell of origin for human prostate cancer

A UCLA research team lead by senior author Owen Witte has identified a cell of origin for human prostate cancer, a discovery that could result in better diagnostic tools and the development of more effective targeted treatments for the disease.